A 5 Pound Racing Bike? Yep! Strider Strikes Again With The Aluminum ST-PRO

Yawn. Wake me when Strider releases the carbon version.

“spec’ed” is a fake word and you are over-using it, bicycle media.

No rack mounts? I don’t know why manufacturers continue to build these one purpose rigs and continue to ignore the larger market. I mean this thing has a 3.5 year age range!? I can’t afford to replace my bike every three years, ridiculous. Anyway, I’ll wait for the Rapha edition.

How much?

As a bike dealer I’ve been fortunate to get my hands on an early edition of the Strider Pro and I’m very impressed with this latest model. The ST3 and ST4 come in at just under 7 lbs and the PRO with it’s all-aluminum frame, at 4.9lbs. Whether it’s a ST4 or Pro model, anything under 7lbs is light weight and extremely maneuverable for any toddler. On a personal level, both of my kids started on their Striders before they were 18 months old and mastered their balance skills long before their peers and moved on to traditional bikes before reaching the age of 4. Something not generally reached by children who used tricycles and/or training wheels. A balance bike is not suppose to be a long term bike. They are designed to be builders of skills and confidence that they can carry with them throughout their childhood and adulthood. Strider is only producing a limited numbers of the Pro this year and the inquires/demands has been overwhelmingly high. So high that we had to start a pre-order waiting list via first come, first serve.